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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Millions less than the previous government forms, like Feudalism. Famines disappeared quickly and industrialization allowed for life expectancy to double in the USSR and Maoist China, despite issues like Civil War, World Wars, and so forth.

Did a lot go wrong? Absolutely. Were they massive improvements? Also yes.

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